Bombs Bursting in Air

| Jul 12, 2010 | Peace / SecurityWar is hellFor those who fight;For those at home,It may excite. War has always boasted adherents. Think of the Kaiser, Ghengis Khan, Alexander, Hitler, Darius, Charlemagne, Stalin, etc. America’s foremost cheerleader was Teddy Roosevelt. He made no bones about...

Immigrants Don’t Hog Farm Jobs

| Jul 8, 2010 | Food / FarmingUnited Farm Workers members clearly have a sense of humor. Their “take our jobs” campaign invites and actually recruits the nation’s citizens and legal immigrants (including those who blame undocumented workers for America’s high unemployment...

Atrazine on the Rocks? No Thanks

| | Environment / HealthLet’s see. If a potentially toxic weedkiller were polluting your drinking water, would you want the EPA to ignore independent studies about this or prefer that the agency just follow reports carried out with funding from companies that have a financial stake in...

Letters to the Editor: Kaul on Barton and God

| Jul 6, 2010 | Rights / DemocracyAs is generally the case, just about all our latest letters to the editor came in response to Donald Kaul’s OtherWords columns. “I loved Donald Kaul’s article in today’s Wilmington (NC) Star-News about Rep. Joe Barton’s moment of...